Merchandise display fixture



Feb. 23, 1932. F. 5. NELSON ET AL 1,846,976

MERCHANDISE DISPLAY FIXTURE Filed May 22, 1930 (II/III/IIIII/I/I/l/ A w 7 1 z. z E

INVENTORS lit) Patented Feb. 23, 1932 hd itfiiti @FFEQE FRED NELSQN AND CLIFFORD A. FOG-EL, 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA MERCHANDISE DESI-LAY FIXTURE Application filed May 22,

Our invention relates to a merchandise dis play fixture, and while primarily designed and intended for displaying cleaning commodities and implements ordinarily employed about a home for cleaning purposes, it will be obvious that the device may be utilized for any other purposes wherein it is found to be applicable. i

The primary object of the invention is to providemerchandise display fixture, of the character described, which embodies novel means for compactly storing and displaying a large quantity of handled cleaning implements in a relatively small space, which conserves store-room space, and which is particularly adapted for storing and attractively displaying cleanin products or analogous merchandise in any form.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a device ofthe class stated, which is simple in its construction and arrangement, durable and eficient in its use, compact, attractive in appearance, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and install.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides. in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention hereinafter disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several. views Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a merchandise display fixture constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof on line 22, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side view of the device.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional View on line 4-4, Figure 1.

Referring in detail to the drawings, our improved merchandise display fixture comprises a rectangularly shaped, open-front, frame structure A, consisting of a pair of side walls 1, 1, a top 2, a bottom 3, and a back 1930. Serial No. 454,684.

wall 4. The frame structure A is preferably of considerable greater height than width, and may be constructed without the back 4, if the device be positioned against a wall of the building in which it is installed.

A top shelf 5, divided centrally of its length by a vertically extending partition 7 6, is mounted in the frame structure A, adjacent to the top 2, of the latter. The top shelf 5, is adapted for storing and displaying any desired commodities, and in conjunction with the associated partitions 6 serves to substantially brace the upper portion of the frame structure A. v A plurality of vertically disposed bins, respectively indicated at 7, 8, and 9 are mounted'on the bottom 3, of the frame structure A, and have open upper ends, which are positioned a considerable distance from the top shelf 5 to provide a clear space 10 between the latter andthe top of the bins. The latter are adapted for receiving and housing the elongated handles of house cleaning implements, for instance, mops and analogous devices, particularly brooms.

The bins 7 and 9, are spaced from, but extend parallel to, respective side walls 2, and the bin 8 is disposed centrally intermediate of the former. The bins 7, 8 and 9 are securely braced in their proper positions by an upper. shelf 11, which engages the bins adjacent to their upper ends, and by a pair of lower shelves 12 and 13, which engage the bins and the side walls 1, of the frame structure A.

Each of the bins consists of a pair of side walls 14, and a front wall 15, and is comparatively narrow, and has a depth commensurate to the depth of the lower portion of the frame structure A in which it is mounted.

The side walls 14, of the bins, are provided with uniformly arranged, serrated top edges 16, which are adapted for engaging the cleaning implements to maintain the latter in inverted, perpendicular suspension on the upper ends of respective bins 7, 8 and 9.

In the embodiment of the invention, illustrated in the drawings, I disclose its adaptation for storing and displaying ordinary brooms 17, which are shown in dash lines. The handles 18, of the brooms 17, depend into respective bins 7 8 and 9, while the sweeping portions thereof engage corresponding notches of the serrated top edges 16 of respective bin side walls 14:, and are positioned flatly against each other, as clearly shown in Figure 2.

The top of the bin front walls 15 are disposed below and spaced from the upper ends of the bin side walls let, so that the entire sweeping portion of the brooms 17 will be visibly displayed, even their connection with the handles 18, at which point the trade-name of such products is usually positioned.

The depth of the lower portion of the frame structure A is greater than theupper portion thereof, as indicated at 19, so that the cleaning implements, namely, brooms 17, at the forward end of the bins 7 8 and 9, will be visibly displayed even when the device is viewed from a side thereof, as clearly illustrated in Figure 3. The fronts of the bins are flush with the front edges of the projecting portions of the side walls 1 to permit the convenient removal of the brooms from the bins.

The lower portions of the bin front walls 15 constitute doors 20, which are hinged, as at 21, at their upper ends, to the bin front walls 15. The lower ends of the doors 20 are provided with knobs 22 to facilitate the open ing of the doors, which drop by gravity to the closed position. The purpose of the doors 20 is to allow entrance to the lower portion of the bins to permit the convenient removal of any objects that may inadvertently drop therein, to facilitate cleaning of the bins, or for any purposes found in practice.

In will be noted that the spaced relation of the bins 7 and 9 with respective frame structure side walls 1, the clearance 10 provided above the bins, and the serrated top edges of the bin side walls 14, permits a most orderly and attractive display of a large quantity of brooms, without the slightest cramming or distortion of their sweeping portions, as is invariably resultant from confining brooms in restricted areas.

The present invention provides a most efiicient'and attractive device for storing and displaying relatively large quantities of commodities of the class stated, in a neat, orderly manner.

What we claim is:

1. In combination, a merchandise display fixture of the character describedcomprising a frame structure including a pair of side walls, a plurality of comparatively narrow bins mounted in said frame structure, said bins being disposed vertically and having open upper ends adapted for suspending the merchandise therefrom, said bins being spaced from each other and from said pair of side walls, and horizontally extending shelving connecting with said frame structure and with said bins and bracing the latter,

each of said bins including a pair of side walls having correspondingly serrated top edges.

2. In combination, a merchandise display fixture of the character described, comprising a frame structure including a pair of side walls, a plurality of comparatively narrow bins mounted in said frame structure, said bins being disposed vertically and having open upper ends adapted for suspending the merchandise therefrom, said bins being spaced from each other and from said pair of side walls, horizontally extending shelving connecting with said frame structure and with said bins and bracing the latter, each of said bins including a pair of side walls having correspondingly serrated top edges, and a door for each of said bins communicating with respective lower portions of the latter.

3. In combination, a merchandise display fixture of the character described comprising a frame structure including a pair of side walls, a plurality of comparatively narrow bins mounted in said frame structure, said bins being disposed vertically and having open upper ends adapted for suspending the merchandise therefrom, said bins being spaced from each other and from said pair of side walls, horizontally extending shelving connecting with said frame structure and with said bins and bracing the latter, each of said bins including a pair of side walls having correspondingly serrated top edges, and a door for each of said bins communicating with respective lower portions of the latter,

the front of said bins being disposed forwardly of the front of the upper portion of said frame structure.

4. In combination, a merchandise display fixture of the character described comprising a frame structure including a pair of side walls, a plurality of comparatively narrow bins mounted in said frame structure, said bins being disposed vertically and having open upper ends adapted for suspending the merchandise therefrom, said bins being" spaced from each other and from said pair of side walls, horizontally extending shelving connecting with said frame structure and with said bins and bracing the latter, each of said bins including a pair of side walls having correspondingly serrated top edges, and a door for each of'said bins communicating with respective lower portions of the latter, the front of said bins being disposed for- .wardly of the front of the upper portion of said frame structure, the tops of the front walls of said bins being disposed below the upper ends of the side walls of said bins.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures. Y FRED O. NELSON.

CLIFFORD A. FOGEL. 

